Acropora multiacuta
Nemenzo, 1967
Description: Colonies are thickets or small clumps with branches consisting primarily of extremely long tapered axial corallites. Incipient axial corallites forming branchlets occur at the base of the main axial corallites.
Color: Usually off-white or cream.
Habitat: Wave washed lagoon margins.
Abundance: Uncommon.
Similar Species: Acropora suharsonoi, which has more elongate corallites and forms larger, corymbose, colonies. See also A. fastigata.
Source reference: Veron (2000). Taxonomic references: Veron and Wallace (1984), Wallace (1999). Identification guide: Veron (1986).
Common colony appearance in shallow water. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Jim Maragos
Corallite detail. Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photograph: Charlie Veron
Skeletal detail. Axial and radial corallites.
Larger colonies are less distinctive. Papua New Guinea Photograph: Charlie Veron